Orange Avenue Wit | Coronado Brewing Company

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Notes / Commercial Description:
This So-Cal take on a traditional witbier honors Coronado’s main street, which is home to our brewpub and was once lined with orange trees. Bolstered by orange zest, coriander and orange blossom honey, it’s Belgium by way of Coronado. Expect a refreshing, light-bodied brew rife with citrus zing and a hint of earthy spice.

Reviews by Czequershuus:

This beer pours a bright gold with a better than average head. The aroma features lots of lemon and orange peel, nutmeg, peppermint candy, clove, coriander and tomato. The flavor features orange peel first, almost clementine orange, then a decent dose of coriander and nutmeg, followed by lemon, and then flattening out into biscuity, rough malts, oats, and more clove. The mouthfeel is soft and full with luscious carbonation. Overall this is a nice wit with a fuller mouthfeel and a good flavor progression throughout, though I am not crazy about the finish.

Pours a nice golden-orange color with a two-finger head that quickly fades. Looks pretty bubbly.
The aroma is primarily orange and coriander and a bit of white bread.
Tastes a bit like a sweetened orange juice with a hint of lingering orange pith bittering.
Mouthfeel is fairly thin and bubbly.
A decent summer beer.

Pours similar to the Coronado Orange Ave, but a little lighter in color, when put to the light. This is a very similar brew. Both are pale body, light and citrus backed. Both have the orange taste lingering in the body, however... this one has a sweetness that the regular Orange Ave doesn't have. Which makes this slightly different to the palate.

Had at Margarita's in Branford on 8/1. Pours a little clearer than your typical wit, decent head though. Very light aroma here, spices barely detectable. Faint flavor of sweet citrus and a delicate malt background. Subdued. Light body makes it refreshing and easy to drink. Not really true to style but nothing offensive. An OK beer.